ArticleHead and neck pathology2010
Ectopic cervical thymoma: a report of two cases of a rare entity frequently misdiagnosed on fine needle aspiration cytology and frozen section.
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- Ectopic Cervical Thymoma: An Uncommon Entity.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2022Article
- Pleural thymoma: A rare cause of pleural mass. About one case.Radiology case reports · 2022Article
- Ectopic cervical thymoma with myasthenia gravis: a rare association.Indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2020Article
- Pleural thymoma: Radiological and histological findings.European journal of radiology open · 2018Article
- The spectrum of ectopic thymomas.Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology · 2016Review
- Aspiration cytology of an ectopic cervical thymoma misinterpreted as a lymphoproliferative lesion of the thyroid: A case report.Oncology letters · 2015Article
- Biphasic low-grade nasopharyngeal papillary adenocarcinoma with a prominent spindle cell component: report of a case localized to the posterior nasal septum.Head and neck pathology · 2011Article
- Ectopic thymoma presenting as a giant intrathoracic tumor: a case report.World journal of surgical oncology · 2011Article
- Observation and extirpation of a giant-size type-B2 thymoma IIb with its histological, macroscopic, and computer tomogram correlate, and literature review.Rare tumors · 2010Article
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Abstract
Ectopic cervical thymoma (ECT) is a rare tumor that is frequently misdiagnosed on fine needle aspiration cytology and frozen section. Using conventional light microscopy and immunohistochemistry, we characterized the only two cases of ECT found in our institutional files over a period of 20 years. Both tumors were classified as type AB-thymoma. Neoplastic cells expressed cytokeratins but not CD5. Non-neoplastic T-lymphocytes were positive for CD3 and CD5. Lymphocytes expressed CD1a in only one case. One tumor breached the capsule and had positive surgical margins. For this patient, adjuvant radiotherapy was given. The other patient has had an uneventful follow-up for 20 years with no other therapy than surgery. Both cases of ECT showed identical histomorphological and immunohistochemical features of type AB-thymomas originating in the thymus. Short follow-up precludes conclusion on the implication of positive margins in conjunction with adjuvant radiotherapy for one of the patients presented herein.
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